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We can’t really know what relationships will last or not last in our lives, romantic and otherwise. What we can do is give the best we’ve got to the relationships we’ve chosen for ourselves. We can show up with an open heart and mind, be grateful for the exchange of love, and trust in however these relationships evolve. We can also be grateful for the relationships that have ended, trusting that we received from them something important that has helped to move us farther along our paths.
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Be free, my friend.Cry, scream, rage, collapse.Your pain is not too much for us.And though itās hard to believe right now,your pain is not too much for you, either.Fall apart into a thousand frightened pieces,question everything youāve always trusted,grieve however you need to grieve.Weāll still be here. So will you.Yes, you will survive this.Changed but stronger.Wounded but alive.Seen, and loved. So very loved.
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As much as I love to see the sun setting behind a city skyline,and to feel the pure majesty of a wild river or soaring mountain,and to fade, then disappear into a transcendent book, song or film,I am always most astounded, moved and transported by the warmthand kindness of a loving person. Always.
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Itās easy to rebuke each otherās opinions, but can we honor each otherās pain? Can we make the effort to see beyond the portraits weāve painted of one another, and to connect to the humanity that thrives beneath our own assumptions? Can we be relentless in our desire to tear down walls, and to build bridges? Can we be brave and stay committed to the conversations that need to be had?The only thing I know about these questions is that I need to replace the we with I, and begin to answer them from there.One thing I know for sure: I want to become the example I wish to see in others. That’s a good place to start.Another thing I know for sure: I love you. You’re beautiful. You rock.
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I don’t know about you, but sometimes I need to remind myself to breathe. I have to close my eyes and concentrate, even force myself to take a few deep breaths. In and out. In and out. In and out.I know that breathing just happens, without us needing to work at it. But so does stress, and distress, and discomfort. That’s when a few deep, conscious breaths can make a world of difference.Can I get an inhale?
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Everywhere I look I see people doing their best to make sense of this overwhelming reality, and to be kind, authentic human beings despite the many invitations we all receive to be phony, unkind assholes. Sometimes their best doesnāt look like much to me, and I remind myself that my best doesnāt look like much a lot of the time, too. I empathize. Weāre all human, and weāre all struggling. Every single one of us, every single day. Itās not my job to police the paths of others, not when it takes so much effort to light my own.
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I am continually coming back to the belief that I know nothing, or that there are much deeper places to go with what I think I know. It’s liberating, actually. I don’t think the biggest questions can be answered with any certainty. I’m becoming more and more peaceful not knowing.
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Today, I choose not to take my life for granted. I choose not to look upon the fact that I am healthy, have food in my refrigerator and have clean water to drink as givens. They are not givens for so many people in our world. The fact that I am safe and (relatively) sane are not givens. That I was born into a family who loves me and into a country not ravaged by war are not givens. It is impossible to name all of the circumstances in my life Iāve taken for granted. All of the basic needs Iāve had met, all of the friendships and job opportunities and financial blessings and the list, truly, goes on and on. The fact that I am breathing is a miracle, one I too rarely stop to appreciate. Iām stopping, right now, to be grateful for everything I am and everything Iāve been given. Iām stopping, right now, to be grateful for every pleasure and every pain that has contributed to the me who sits here and writes these words. I am thankful for my life. This moment is a blessing. Each breath a gift. That Iāve been able to take so much for granted is a gift, too. But itās not how I want to liveānot when gratitude is an option, now when wonder and awe are choices. I choose gratitude. I choose wonder. I choose awe. I choose everything that suggest Iām opening myself to the miraculous reality of simply being alive for one moment more.
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